Stock-car partition-gate.



D. B. CREWS. STOCK CAR PARTITION GATE. APPLIOATION FILED Jun 22, 1911.

Patented Dec.19, 1911.

1 v74/ 2 3 V I N 2v 4 5 a 1 W zff/ \r a F n E1 I, w J J by I 7 AttorneysWitnesses DAVID B. CREWS, 0F EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS.

STOCK-CAR PARTITION-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 22, 1911.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Serial No. 634,724.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAvin B. Cnnws, a citizen of the United States,residing at Eflingham, in the county of Etiingham and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Stock-Car Partition-Gate, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to stock car partition gates.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved partition gate ofthis character which is simple, efficient and durable, and in which therelative operating parts are folded compactly together upon the partition gate being secured in position to eliminate obstructions whichmight be injurious to the cattle or other animals closed in by the same.

This invention is embodied in a novel arrangement, construction andcombination of parts asis hereinafter described, and as is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which similar reference characters indicatesimilar parts, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective of the partitiongate as in open or unsecured position; and Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, parts being broken away, showing therelative parts of the gate when in secured position.

Before proceeding with a detailed description of this invention, it willbe incidentally mentioned, that gates of this char: acter are commonlyemployed to be moved longitudinally in stock cars to be securedtransversely thereto at various points in the car, to partition the caroff into sections to separate or divide the stock therein.

Referring specifically to the drawings, there is shown a commonpartition gate comprisin a plurality of vertically arranged rails 7,vertical end standards 5 at each side of the said rails, and anintermediate post 6 having an upper truck 25 for engaging a longitudinaltrack in the upper part of the car to carry the said gate back and forthin the car. At their upper and lower ends and on their outer faces therespective standards 5 have guideways 8, and bolts 10 are slidably disosed therein. Staples 9 pass over the sai bolts to retain the same inposition. Horizontal yokes 11 connect the respective airs of bolts 10 attheir rear ends, passing between the rails 7, and on one side of thegate, which will be called the front side, a vertical yoke 12 connectsthe respective vertically-arranged pairs of bolts at each end of thegate. The above parts comprise the locking members at each end of thegate and are preferably punched and bent from sheet metal, although theymay be constructed in any well-known manner. At the intermediateportion'of the vertical yokes 12 are secured horizontal bars 13 and 14respectively, which project inwardly and pass the posts 6, terminatingnear the respective opposite yokes. These bars lie one over the other,the bar 13 being the forwardly disposed bar and the bar 14 being therearwardly disposed bar, and have elongated slots 16 and 19,respectively, at the central portion thereof in the proximity of thepost 6. The pin 17, secured at its inner or rear end to the post 6,passes through the respective slots 19 and 16 and on the outer endthereof is pivoted an operating lever 1.8. The said bars 13 and 14 aretherefore slidable transversely of the car to carry the bolts 10 withthe same.

The lever 18 has at one edge and arm thereof an ear 18 bent backwardtherefrom in a spaced and oblique relation thereto, and a link-bar 21 ispivoted at one end to the free end and inner face of the horizontal bar1 1 by a rivet or bolt 22 and at the other end to the forward face ofthe ear 18 of the lever 18 by a rivet or bolt 20. A linkbar 15 has oneend thereof pivoted to the free end and forward face of the bar 13 by arivet or bolt 24 and the other end pivoted to the rear face of the upperend or arm of the lever 18 by a rivet or bolt 23. At the upper end thislever 18 has a handle 18. The link-bar 15 is raised or archedintermediate its ends, as shown at 15, and the link-bar 21 is depressedor dropped intermediate the ends thereof as shown at 21. Therefore, whenthe lever 18 is in the vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1, the bars13 and 14 and the bolts 10 carried thereby are brought into retractedposition by the links 15 and 21, and when swung to a horizontalposition, as shown in Fig. 2, the bars 13 and 14 and the bolts 10carried thereby are forced outwardly or are distended to protrude beyondthe ends of the gate to engage the sides of suitable posts at the sidesof the car. One of such osts is indicated at 26. When in such positionthe links 15 and 21, bars 13 and 14, and lever 18 assume a compactposition one over the other as allowed by the specific construction ofthe parts, the ear 18 passing in back of the said bars 13 and 14, andthe portion 15 of the links allowing the links to be bent over the pin17. By swingin the lever 18, therefore, the bolts can e simultaneouslyretracted or distended to secure or release the gate. In this manner thegate can be secured transversely in the car at any suitable positiontherein.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of apartition gate, a horizontal bar having a longitudinal slot therein, apin passing therethrough from the partition gate, a lever on the saidpin, a linkbar pivoted at its ends to one end of the said horizontal barand to one end of the said lever, and bolts slidably mounted in one endof the said gate and connected to the other end of the said horizontalbar.

2. In a device of the character described the combination of a partitiongate, a horizontal bar having an elongated slot therein, a pin passingtherethrough from the partition gate, a lever on the said pin having anear bent back from one edge of one end of same, a link bar pivoted atits ends to one end of the said horizontal bar and to the said ear, andbolts slidably mounted in one end of the said gate and connected to theother end of the said horizontal bar.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with apartition gate, horizontal bars having elongated slots therein and lyingone over the other, a pin projecting through the said slots from thesaid gate, a lever pivoted on the said pin at one side of the said bars,a link bar connecting one end of the said lever with one of thehorizontal bars, the lever having an ear bent back from one edge of theother end of same adapted to pass on the other side of the horizontalbars, a link bar connecting the said ear and the other horizontal bar,and bolts slidably mounted in the ends of the gate and connected to thesaid bars.

4. In a gate the combination with end standards having upper and lowerguideways in the respective sides thereof, of bolts slidably mountedtherein, horizontal yokes connecting the rear ends of the respectiveairs of bolts, and a vertical yoke connecting the respective verticallydisposed pairs of bolts at one side of the gate, whereby the said boltscan be retracted or extended from the said standards simultaneously.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID B. CREl/VS. Witnesses H. C. MORTON, J AS. M. OREws.

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